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NEW in the NightDragon 2024 Retrospective: BLACKBIRD.AI CEO Wasim K. notes that this year, security leaders faced a new threat vector: Harmful narrative attacks that use artificial intelligence to exploit and manipulate the digital information ecosystem. These attacks—utilizing synthetic media, deepfakes, and AI-generated narratives — can rapidly escalate, causing financial and reputation harm. For an in-depth analysis of this emerging risk and insights from industry leaders, read the full blog post here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dKW2NwHv

The mysterious appearance of drones hovering over New Jersey's skies has unleashed a flood of speculation online, with theories ranging from foreign surveillance to classified government programs: Are they aliens? A foreign government? Mass delusions? The truth is out there! ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gdWgqU3p

Narrative attacks don't just harm recruiting--they can erode employee trust and drive perceived career risks. At a time when talent competition is fierce, protecting your organization from narrative risk also enhances workforce stability and protects the bottom line. https://bit.ly/49Bl4Fx

Great time at Fortune Brainstorm AI in San Francisco this week with Anna Osborn. The event was a powerful convergence of insights, innovation, and open conversations. It’s incredible to see how industries across the public and private sectors are deploying such a broad array of new technologies as a transformative force. The panels, breakouts, and discussions didn’t shy away from addressing the immense benefits and the major challenges we face as the world rapidly adopts such a new technology. On the Blackbird front, we had ample opportunities to highlight the need to understand narrative attacks in an increasing volatile and low trust world. While the risks are real, the opportunities are immense. 2025 is going to be the year of AI Agents. We're witnessing a trillion-dollar wave, with the sharpest minds and biggest companies racing to reshape industries and unlock value like never before. It's like the gold rush, the oil wars, the space race and the arms race combined—wrapped in familiar feeling apps that promises to do all your work for you today... and cure all your diseases tomorrow. When you're chatting with a scientist working on a fusion reactor for powering superclusters and hearing about Microsoft's plans to reboot the Three Mile Island nuclear plant for AI energy needs, you know this isn't all hype. Something will come out the other end, but collectively we don't really know what that will be. Innovation has and always will be a doubled edged sword that we as humans need to treat as such. Aside from the incredible speaker panels, it was great to connect with forward-thinking leaders and founders like Steven Wolfe Pereira ⚡️, Elias Torres, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rana el Kaliouby, Ph.D., Chandra Donelson, Chris Perry, Jeffrey O'Brien. Incredible event Andrew Nusca and Fortune team as always.

Our latest TAG Cyber Report featuring insights from Edward Amoroso and Wasim K. provides actionable recommendations for #CISOs and uncovers why security leaders must shift their focus on narrative attacks that create financial and reputational harm. Check out the latest report now https://lnkd.in/ew_A24fx TAG Infosphere

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A truly inspiring day at #NATOEdge! Grateful for our amazing partners and all the enlightening takeaways from today's conversations. As AI technology progresses, narrative attacks have become a central tactic in modern conflict and are being used to destabilize institutions, sow distrust, and deepen societal divides. Thank you NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) for your support in educating global leaders on how they can protect themselves against AI-driven narrative warfare. NATO Wasim K. Roberta D. David Ferris Ryan Stephens Ben Kessler Matthew J. Alario Logan Pollick

🎉Ending the week with a huge congratulations to our portfolio companies, BLACKBIRD.AI and HiddenLayer, for being recognized by Fast Company as two of the Next Big Things in Tech for 2024! 🏆 BLACKBIRD.AI was recognized in the AI and Data Innovations category “for creating a weapon against online misinformation” 🏆 HiddenLayer was recognized in the Security and Privacy category “for providing turnkey security against adversarial attacks” Thank you to Harry McCracken and the rest of the Fast Company team for seeing the fresh thinking and potential of these teams!

Join us at 2pm in Breakout Room 3 at #NatoEdge where Michael Street, NATO Chief Exploiting Data Science and AI, François B., Safran AI Deputy CEO, Chris Riley, NATO Head of Data Insights and Information, and our VP of Alliances & Partnerships Matthew J. Alario will discuss how to tackle the biggest challenges in AI data acquisition, data sharing, and systems integrations. We will also cover best practices for buying, integrating, and leveraging commercial and open-source data as well as how to navigate data-sharing agreements with real-world success stories from users and customers who’ve mastered the art of data-driven AI.